Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-16

srue tnehi. Inc latter then entered the
curious village. or settlement, formed Of
little elevations of earth. thrown up in the
form OF cones, with truncated submits
followed out concavely for the eggs. The
birds sit down TO hatch very gravely,
astraddle q! the cones.
The ceremony we had been looking at
was that of relieving guard.
A new troop formed in rank, and pro-
ceeded To the watering place by the same
route which the others had left it. In
their turn the hamIngocs entered the
fresh water lake I" feed upon the tiny
aquatic creatures which lnhabit it.
But what Is the matter with our
horses We can scarcely control them;
they prick their ears, snort, shudder,
tremblc ON their legs. Evidently some
thing unusual Is going on
Is II possible they are afraid of the
nalnlngoes whose serrled ranks are filing
by
Look TO your guns o:ders the
guacho.
The same moment that the Guachoes
jump 10 catch the heads Of our horses we
cock our guns. We are ready. Instinct
lively we had retired from the neighbor-
hood of the reeds. suddenly We hear Il
long sound. as Of trumpets blowing 1t
is the signal Of alarm uttered by the
fiamingo sentinels. At once the troop
halts-wings are spread; the birds are
about 10 fly.
Too late!
As II launched from catapult great
spotted body springs from the reeds and
falls upon the ranks OF the birds, who,
thus taken by surprise, close their wings
again at the very moment they were about
to rise
"A jaguar" We all shout together.
1t was an enormous jaguar, too, that
had thus flung himself upon the unhappy
birds, who seemed absolutely paralyzed
by the suddenness OF this unexpected onset.
But now thousand clamors ring through
the air above. At first they were cries of
Tear and alarm; but now they are rallyinG
cries. bugle calls, sounding to arms. Right
and LEFT and everywhere thousand hugles
are sounding! What tumult, what a
turmoil, what cacophony! Far from
dreaming OF hight, ana fully recovered
from their nrst surprise, the long legged
Dlrds all close III on their ;issailant, whose
jaws and talons disembowei, crush, tear
never carry OIL his prey. Are they not
5,ooo' len fali. hfty rush 10 take their
places
lhere Is terrible carnage.
But ali the prodlgious leaps OF the
JaSuar cannot now bear him out Of the
circle INTO which he has been skiilfully
heInmed by the admirable tactics of his
enemies Ihey have closed him in, and
Win tneir nara, olack, c"nlcal beaks, solid
As steel they Keep piercing his Hanks and
sides lie thought he was about TO secure
an easy prey; he is already compelled TO
night as hard as he knows how for his
lie. All about the feline, victims whirl
IN air-hke immense shuttlecocks-to fall
hfeiess upon heap of corpses
An! the brave birds! how courageous
they are
Every bcak stroke goes right through
the hide OF the jaGuar, and Is followed by
gush of blood. But the attack is chiefly
directed against the head OF the wild beast
they always Keep striking at him there,
IN spite OF the awful jaw that keeps open
ing and closing with sound of grinding
bones.
In very it,le while the leaps OF the
JaRuar are less hlSh; ne turns and turns
ana turns upon hlmsen, rushes first right
and then left; finally, abandoning the
struggle; he strives to see safety in
n'ght. But he strives N vain He can
tot escape from those thousands of pom
ards which strike him incessantly upon
every SIDE, and against which he can no